New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1929, Page 6

New Britain Herald ,clean the semesia; Tmaaptof | g —Frg- gy Ay o — s e e Hattred ot the Post Ofes at u“u‘lfl.l‘n Ofice ..... 316 t Behenet Tooms 10 926 ‘mediym books and prées vertisers. traud in_mewspaper dis- tribution Agures to beth matioasl nd L1} The Nersid 1o on sale daily in N York at Howdling's -.-n: Sehul Newsstands, Entrance Grand Cestrel ¢ind Street. —————————————— One financial rumor has it that the cigarette manufacturers arc try- ing to agree abeut raising the price of clgarettes. This. i it happens, ought to mean more to the anti- cigarette tebacco industry than a raise in the tariff duties. Although it is considcrably easier 10 keep streets clean nowadays than in those “good old days” we some- times hear about, there are cities | ‘which do not stand out perceptibly in this respect. New Britain, however. is not one of them. It can be said witheut much risk of effective denial that New Britain's streets are vastly cleaner than the average. If they were all as well paved as they are combination would be ideal. THE PERILOUS FLIGAT Disappeintment at failure of the | Graf Zeppelin to make her second | trip across the Atlantic is more than counterbalanced by the able manner ia which she was pileted back to safety at Cuera, France. It indeed was a perilous trip, and the passen- gers will never forget the thrill and the danger that lurked in the Rhene valley after four engines were no longer opérating and a heavy gale buffeted the great ship. To Dr. Hugo Eckener, the com- mander, gees vast credit for pre- veiting disaster; and likewise to the greund crew of French sailors, sol- diers and civilians who, without pre- | vieus experience, accomplished the “delicate eperation™” of tying up the | alr vesse] without mishap. CAPONE “Scartace Al” Capene, notorious gang impresario, and his body- guard, one Frank Cline, have be- come the victims of their own need for personal protectien. The Phila- delghis pelice, picking them up after they left a theater, made & re- markably quick jeb of sending both 1o jall for & yosr en comvicting them of carrying concealed weapons. The question naturally arises whether this was the first time that Capéne ever carried a gun. Doubt- less not. And why, if at other times Re has been under scrutiny, did not semeene frisk him for the artillery and sénd him to jail on the charge? It is hard to believe that Capene went about Chicago, for instance, without this species of pretection about his person. THE SAFEST SPECULATION ‘What !s the g0od of a vacant lot in a city? Why is it that, surrounded by hemes or business institutiens, some lots are not utilized for build- ing? TRis is a species of speculation that s commen in every munici- pality. The modus operandi is simple. Such vacant lots are expected to srew in valua—and usually do— which value is contributed by those enterprising citizens hemes apd commercial buildings areund it, and by those who pass it. ‘The latter may scem negligible; but it is a fact that the more people pass such 8 lot the more valuable it be- doesn’t. He lots the others add to the value and peckets the prefit. It is one of the world’s sifest specula- tions. of a strest 30 much as telephene, e & Meath |\ ograph or electric light poles. Now Britaia | Many & theroughtare in New Britain, Matter. flanked with pretty homes, has its artistic appearance reduced through is surprising indeed that more at- tention is not given to this a & street’s beauty by residents who take a just pride in the appearance of the streets along which they in- vest heavily in choice property. tricity, of ceurse, means of stringing the wires to be of service to the people using them. The proper place for the wires, of course, is have not yet arrived at the peéint where this expense seems justifiable throughout the residence districts. It has been done in most business Nowsstsnd, Times | districts—atter considerable original otherwise handsome streets are not large number of property owners and tyears. When this becomes more gen- ithe Vel who construct i UNNECESSARY POLES f Nothing adds to the unsightliness he presence of lanes of ugly peles. It le of | In this age of telephones and elec- there must be underground; but we opposition—but few have had the hardihood to suggest that the same system of pole elimination be car- ried out in the suburban districts. Some day, and perhaps not in the remote future, there will be a reali- zation that the ugly poles along essential, and that the cost of bury- ing the wires really will not amount to enormous sums if paid for by a spread over a reasonable number of eally understood the poles will dis- appear where they are not wanted. But first there must be a more general realization of how wzly they are. The best way to ootain this realization is to look at them often- er. A “REVOLT” 1IN WISCONSIN Having repealed its liquer en- forcement laws, the state of Wiscon- sin goes even further. Brewing of beer with an alcoholic content of 5 per cent is legalized by legisla- tive action, and the queation immedi- ately arises as to how Wiscensin can do this in view of the limitation of tead Act, and the fact that the state was one of those which ratified the 18th Amendment. Rati- fication of the amendment, theoreti. cally at least, had the effect of sur- rendering its lecal powers to the federal government. Wisconsin | brewers, if they undertake to market 2.75 per cent beer, would run afoul of the federal liquor laws, including the Jones act. The practical effect of the Wiscon- sin action will be that the state gives notice to the federal government it will have nothing more to do with federal enforcement, and that ghe “‘concurrent power” asystem is no more. The federal government itself will be compelled to do all the en- forcing in Wisconsin. This is a re- volt against the federal law of con- siderable consequence. Wisconsin is among the grewing total of states which take their sovereignty serious- Iy, FREE ADVERTISING Free adveitioing in the public prints is something that bothers | most publishers. The advertiser who Pays money for space would not do %0 it he could get it free; and he does not look with faver upon seeing himself pay for something that someone else obtains free of charge. His attitude is easily understandable; and 8o is the attitude of the publish- lers, who dislike to carry unvarnish. ed advertising in the guise of news, and this as heartily as they detest propaganda. Occasions arise, howevar, when free advertising is %o thoroughly a part of the news of the day that it runs in virtually every newspaper in the country, and nothing can be done about it because it happens to be news in which the public is supposed to be vitally interested. A carried in the public prints that Alfred E. Smith would write an autobiography. That was news story recently was becau a man of such prominence as the recent pre @ential candidate was involved. Any- thing such a man does is news. Along with the story of the intention comes for commercial purpeses. TRe so-called ‘“unearned incre- ment” which attaches itself to acréage within the limits of a municipality must keep ahead of the taxation levies to yield a profit to its owner. That profit can enly be realized 1inally when it is sold. Va- cant lots have been known to be kept under the ownership of one person for 20 years, and each year taxes have been paid. These taxes, in addition to the original cost of the lot and the interest thereon censti- tute its true cost to the holder. Sometimes that cost isn't as high as the selling price, in which case there i8 & less; sometimes the selling price far transcends the costs enumerated, when there is 2 handsome profit. Such & profit 1s created by location. which is merely another way of say- ing 1t has been created by its sur- 1oundings and by the people who impreved the surroundings. t N TRe person who owns such a lot Faldvin works. and competiters of *Peedier means of {ransportation are reed not do a thing to contribute to the ircrease; indeed. he invariably |due and careful notice. Yet it was there is no talk of |was the information that the Satur- day Evening Post had contracted to | print it. That was news also, inas. .much as it was a detail of the story !that could not very well be omitted without avoiding a feature of it that the public was interested in know- ,ing. Yet it advertised the Saturday | Evening Post. The fact that the As- sociated Press, as careful as any | publisher, carried this part of the story doubtless justified papers in doing the same. In the weekly publication refarred [to. however, there has also appear- |ed much free advertising in the guise of articles; indeed, the Post, |!ike newspapers, cannot speak of some things without giving a free ad. Ior instance. therc has been in recent issues a comprehensive his- tory of the Baldwin Locomotive works, which ran as a shert serial. Tt was a magnificent ad for the its news. that great industry doubtiess teok | \ aa infermative article, read for its information regarding the aubjct discussed, and net regarded as an advertisement by readers. columns has been the Ford autome- bile concern. Every time Henry Ford is mentiened, and every time & Ford car is jeked abeut, and every time a ed, it is so much gravy for Fo output. But Mr. Férd is a national character, his plant the greatest et publicatiens having legitimate- rea- sons to mention them in the course of news or an article. Yet the meat aggressive which happens to be the General Motors, never such free mention. One nearly comes to the conelusion that to write about Ford is news, while to write aboyt General Moters is advértising. Yot both are either news or advertising when the occasion te mention them is legitimate. have started their annual races. The | baseball industry exist were it not for the free ad- vertising previded by an aggressive with what they want to read about. Next to the stock market, the base- vertising than any other. Publishers have frequently talked abeut the nice advertising they are giving an industry which is thoroughly com- mercialized and which relies for suc- cess upon how many paid admissiens 80 through the turnstiles; but noth- culation values in such free adver- |from nerthern New England, making robably due to the cest and th probable lack of suficient trafic to justity such efferts. Because of ice conditions, most of these ferries operate enly six menths ef the year, and only during daylight heurs. By the time the Lake Champlain bridge is completed, & new and shorter automeblle highway from New Yeork City up the Hudson river, and along the westerly shere of Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh and Mon- treal will have been completed. The bridge, therefore, will form & con- necting link betwesn the New York state highways and the New Engiand states, according a direct route be. tween the Adirendack region and the Green Mountains, Whito Mountains and Maine resorts. It will evercome the water barrier of 120 miles tending from the Canadian border halt way te Troy, N. Y. The bridge will greatly benefit northern New England and northern New York. It will be for that section of New Eng- land and New Yeork what the Bear Mountain bridge s fer its contiguous territery and Cennecticut. One of the greatest recipients of res advertising in the news “flivver” or a “lizsie” is mentien- ts kind; neither can be ignored in competitor of Ford, received a tenth of Just now the baseball Jeagues would scarcely Facts and Fancies The power of the press never w’ill be measured in watta. press anxious to provide readers In the old days a skirt that hung down behind was a . home-nade mess !utu/d of 4n evening gown. ball industry receives more free ad- Considering what happened to Sinclair, perhaps they could cenvict Fall for spitting on the sidewalk. A hick tewn is a place where a fender retains its virgin shape for three weeks. ing can or will be done about it. The public wants what it gets, and cir. | _ Lf they must name something for Einstein, why net a filing cabinet? Nobody can make heads or tails of that, tising gives a big “break” to the baseball industry. And the same thing holds goed, we might add, In connection with the prizefight in- dustry, which the newapapers, and they alone, have developed to its present high financial standing. Most recent to edge in upon th free advertising preclivities of the press has been the broadcasting in- dustry. This is exactly in the same positien as the baseball industry. It is a commercial affair in this ceun. try, but in view of the extensive ownership of receiving sets, put into hemes through advertising, the public wants to see the radio pro- grams in print, and also desires to read about such offerings. Witheut this stimulatien toward interest we doubt whether the breadcasting in- dustry could have been developed to | its present impertance. At the same ! The proper punishment for crime | time advertising is developed over '8 just one degree lighter than the the radio, in spite of its self-evident ':::\::zu makes & jury refuss to limitatiens as to time; and the com- I mercial names of commercial bread- | A “medern” dictionary is ene that publicity in fgny ! containg the current Congressional Idmnmn of “telony." Perhaps the only perfect example of scorn is the small boy's reaction when sister acts grown.up befers her beau. Tariff: A tax designed to keep out competitors se Americans can get ‘ch by charging one another too much, Problem for Emily Post: Suppese both the guest and the hestess are are waiting to ses which ferk the! other will use firss Sex equality, blah! Whe ever saw A woman get a sock en the jaw for butting in ahead of the line at a Thousands of poor suckers paying alimony to geld-dig- gera because the word “chivalry” | has seftened the male heads of the nation, | | casters gain fr publications. This is driving the free advertising horsé prétty hard, wWe ' The rgce will get thin. People ask think. Indeed, a #elling point to air Ivon for a cigarette who wouldn't advertisers is said to be the fact that | 4ream of borrewing sugar. the trade name of the preduct Will | ,\4er o man'g wite finds him out, 80 “free” inte countless publications, | his only chance to feel impertant and that there also will be freg pub- |and mysterious i te know a secret licity. Newspaper publishers may |l0d8e word. realize the reader value of radio| ¢ yor ang nell are synonymous, Programs and reasonable comment |why did the naughty abelish one thereon, but all of them de not ap- |and the geed abolish the other? preciate the necessity of helping to popularise trade names for what in essence are are really competiters in reaching the public. You can tell when a campaign s over. The timid beloney cresps out and looks important again. 1t the werld contsined only one man, his rights weuld be unlimited. To discover your rights, divide the total number of the werld's popula- tion, BRIDGING LAKE CHAMPLAIN Before the summer of 1929 is past the bridge across Lake Champlain is to be opened for traffic, thus ush- ering in a new era of travel to and | Rule $67: When a third strike is called, give the ump a dirty loek {%0 the fans won't realize how dumb i you are. Vermont mere accessible frem north- lern New York, and adding to the pleasures of motor tourists frem | eveywhere who in the past have | found it fedious to circumvent the lakes which separate that sectien of the Union so effectively that it seemed the design of nature to pre- vent rapid and convenient east and west transportatien there. | The bridge, under censtruction be- | tween Crown Peint, N .Y, and Chimney Point, Vt., was started as late as May, 1928, when the con- tracts were awarded. Since that time work has progressed so rapidly that the bridge is expected to be in use before August 24, 1929, the date vet for its completion under the terms Correct this sentence: man sanely and calmly, “though the peeple liim & faultless her Copyright. 1929, Publishers Byndicate “I jndge a *aid he, a whole think yo honsd ¢his oma P SOMETHING WRONG Philadelphia lawyers are like the members of the legal profession everywhere else, 1 suppose —they know hew te eharge. Lot's saw the lawn of routine, Felks, for dinner last evening.” many appetisers T lost my appetite!” THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY . the fur cost outside! that the acter cannot pause, as he can on the stage, if there is an un- expocted laugh. howeve the customary pause when a laugh is expected! we are teld. atill be regarded . ball um sight tests. —— ! being planted new seed and with grass are hey seed, too, With gay seed and with seed: jokes! , Usnally! “I was ever to Brennan's laugh Carlii “Did they have & geod den't knew. I drank so —Mrs. Albért Bossman Faghlon Note “Suit Over Fur Ceat” Headline in Daily Péper ‘¢ prefer the old way of wearing Movies A difficulty about the humorous talkie”, & playwright peints out, is There seems to be no reason, , why he shouldn't make Sex Sex equality Is still in its infancy, Until it attains maturity men can man’s equals! . Sports The suggestion is made that base. should undergo eye- Ameng ball players the belief seems prevalent that umpires are also hard of hearing! social ‘We read of a well:known film act- ress who has made a centract to act in six films— Weddings permitting! Waltiag To Re Taken Int Now Yeu're Judged! Warren: “What's the old saying. ‘Laugh and the world—?"" Clarke: “You mean ‘Laugh and the werld thinks you are a jacki frown, and they think you're & big | business man!’" —Arnold Hartman Hit: We call her “Feeble every time she gets lit to go out! Flame” — she wants TUNNEY’S LITTLE MAN (It is 1939. Gene Tunney's little som, aged eight, has climbed on his father's knee.) By E. B. W. “Pop. wasn't you once in the fight game?” “Yes, my son. 1T wis champion of them all.” “Was it a good ,lckfl. Pop?” “There is no finer physical exer- cise or more engroesing science. It is & game which, preperly conduct- ed, teaches and develops such quali- ties as stamina, confidence, patience, self-denial, bodily fitness, mental alertness, and courage, my little man.” “Pop, did you make much jack in the fight game?” “To it I owe such fame and fortune as I possess, and it has giv- en me something less ephemeral than fame—many real and warm friend- ships, which T hepe and expect to through all the years to come.” Pop, why den’'t you fight some “I have fought my last dout as & A friend of mine in that city fell into an open drain ene night and broke his leg. As the corporation had previded ne pretection whatever the victim sued them, through his solicitor, and was successful in ob- teining very substantial damages. of the contract. The cost is estimated at $1,200,000. When one refers to this structure as “bridging the Champlain,” how- ever, one needs to look at the map to i note just how it doesn't de so at a | | point where the lake is wide. Crown Point, as every schoelboy studying his geography knows. is down where 1”‘9 lake is more like a river. Cham- plain grows wide—up north—but it itsn’t wide around Crewn Point. Hence the bridge will be only haif a | mile long, including appreaches. Many a bridge of recent vintage is much longer; and considering the lack of length ef this structure one wonders why it was net built years |aga. As there are Months afterwards my friend was asked to call at the lawyer's office. He did so and was handed a five dellar bill. this for?” asked the cli- ent. “That's what's left to you of the damages after my fees, counsel's jcharges and court expenses have been deducted!” explained the law. yer. The man regarded the bill for a s moment, then asked sourly: “What's 18 in usc. Some of thess ferry lines {the matter with (hie—is it & bal traverse the wide parts of the lake, |one?" ;and they will be In demand until | : 17 ferry lines in |operation across Lake Champlain it {18 certain that a goodly propertion |of them will remain after the span constructed further north: As yet such progress. l professional boxer, my little man. But I always shall take a live and active interest in boxing, I have a great affection for bexing, and one of my chief desires was to leave the game better than I found it. T tried to be not only a champion but a sportsman.” “Did you get the percentage of the gate, Pop>” | “The time came when professional boxing could offer me nothing fur- ther than I desired, my son. I put it behind me, grateful for benefits conferred, but with the feeling that T was atill young enough to make a new start in other fields.” “Who was this guy Thornton Wilder, Pop?" t is time for you to go to bed, Hey, Grace! Arthur: “De you think it's right for a married woman to make her husband stay at heme and mind the baby while she goes out nights?" Grace: “Oh, th & minor de- tail:” | —Martha Siyke i ‘l‘"k Girl Gives Her Idea of Boys! BURNSIDE, Cenn.—Here i an essay on “Beys.” written by a little Burnside public scheol girl: “The boy is not an animal vet it can be heard (o a considerable dis- In Which We Try to Plerce The Future Political Connectiout lpgisiature of histery, political depesters are privileged to speculate on coming events, The state senate is consid- ered a fortile field for those going o2 up in every quarter can be heard the thought that Lieulenant Goveri Ernest E. Regers will be effered the governer's jab in the. event that Gevernor John H. Trumbull doesn’t wish te run again. Rogers | the lieutenant governer must be selected from anether ceunty. big three of the senate this last session were Senator Christ of New Britain, Senator Lavery of Falrfield and Sepator Wilcox eof Senater R. J. Smith of Manchester was also & power hut his recent ap- pointment te the county commis- sionership eliminates himefrom the and governorship. that the senator. who had the mest power of the entire persqnnel of the high body was Senator Christ, whe, after it is all said and done, was the man who held up the great Hartford reservoir bill. Smith, chairman of.the committec on cities and boroughs, made that statement giving, at the same tim & testimenial powers. Other power indicators was the chartér Britain and the distribution of the state’s money. tem, of the senate has a great nuin- governorship nomination, but many Vell Now that the 1929 session of the is a matter he political arena, and from i from New Londoa so The Meriden. of pessibitities for the Lieuten- It can be said Benator to Seriater Christ amendment of Necw Senator Wilcox, president pro ber of beosters for the lieutenant of Senator Christ's friends argue that the congenial senator from Meriden has time yet, being a young man in his thirties. Senator Lavery of Bridgeport, by the process of climination, is the biggest threat for power and higher honors that the New Britain sens- tor has to contend with, should hoth seek to go higher. Lavery, a republican senator from Fairfleld, it is argued, would prove a choice meorsel for Bridgeport voters and swing John T. King's old sirong- hold mafely back into the republi- can columns. Senator Christ's bodsters counter with the idea that New Britain isn't the republican stronghold that ex- isted formaily, and it would be well to put Connecticut's fifth city safely within the G. O. P. ranks. This ses- sion, the committee on appropria- tions of which Senator Christ was chairman, turned out to be by far and away the most important cor:- mittee of the legislature with the committee on finance running & close second. The judiciary ct mittee had & muititude of small bills to consider. The Hartford judge- ship appointments afforded f(le members th: most embarrassment, %0 the finger of fate singles out (he appropriations committes as thé most powerful. Senator Christ's enemies will ask what he has done for New Britain which is a natural question. Ryrst of all, he led the movement to get $20,000 in all, for the improvemznt of the new Normal school, he killed the Hartford water rights bill, and put up a vallant fight to have the back penalty tax fixed at 9 per cent instead of the existing 12 per cent. He said he was going to kill plac- ing appropriations ef $50,000 or more on New Britain’s voting mu- chines and it was killed—there was no secret about that. Mary of the ex-pervicemen of New Britain and elsewhere were prone to criticixe him about the bill which would al- low an exemption of $2,000 instead of $1,000 on property of World war veterans. The attitude of Senator Christ on that matter was beyond reproach. He wi peaker of the senate the day that matter came wp. He was called to the chair by Lieu- tenant Governor Rogers, and during the debate which was heated, showed no desire to stiffie discus- sion, even when the senate majority leader, who i8 now Judge Peasluy of the Connecticut superior court, was getting a tatooing from Senator | Conroy, a democratic senator frem Hartford. The matter was lost without Senater Christ, in the chair, voting. Had it been a tie vote he wolild have to vote. He gave the ex-servicemen the fairest shake of any republican senator except Sena- ter Arrigoni, also an ex-serviceman. It is the opinion of the observer that he can go higher if he wishes and can rest on his laurels of the 1929 legislature. Commissioner E. F. Hall Is Watchdog With Strong Teeth Commissioner Edward F. Hall hae just finished his first sitting as head of the state’s finances while the the work, Theusands of d been saved in this fashion. The ap- propriation of normal achool in New Britain which was Senator Christ's pet hobby-this season, would correspond to about $60,000 under the things before there was a commis- sioner of finance. er's position came at this session of the legislature when Commissioner Hall acted in an advisery capacity to finance committees. liason officer between legislators and the treasurer of the state. Commis- sioner Hall, who is financial affairs of the state, guided committee ;chairmen over rough spots, at the same time keep- ing the state well within the pay- as-you.go policy. The job is still in its infaney and each day presents a 1s the watch dog of the state's cof- fers and he has laws with teeth for weapons. We all wish him well, and that he does his job as diligently in the future as in the past, so we in Connecticut will net be given a state income tax to add to our worries. Big Buriesque Chorus Girls | Shouldered Out by “Ponies” statutes pencil on that item and erder ipartment te lars have $20,000 for the old scheme of The acid test of the commission- the apprepristions and the He was the well versed in many problem to solve. However Hall Girls whgq, intedd to go into bur- lesque, bend an ear to I. H. Herk, who is the Flo Ziegfeld of this form of entertainment. According to Mr. Herk, the cor- rect physical proportions for chorus xirls are as follows: Height, 5 feet, 13% 3¢ 3 inches; shoulders, waist, 26 inches; hips, bust, 34 inche calf, 13 inches; ankle, 7 inches. Only one inch leeway above or below the measurements s allowed. These figures are in sharp con- trast with the requirements of those dreamy old days when quantity, not quality, was desired on the burlesque stage. The chorus lady had 1o be hefty. Her face did not matter so much just as long as she had ths proper bulk and was not clumsy on her feet. “Bliding Billy” Watson's “beef trust” was an example. The of generous proportiens, a plethora of flesh fore and aft and when the chorus danced the theater vibrated. The boys in the front row got & lot for their meney, if they paid: to see avoirdopois alone. Watson's show played at the Russ- win Lyceum a few years ago. The audience reached the conclusion that Billy engaged his girls by the long ton and expressed amazement at the huge females who pranced in front of thé foetlights inches; inchex; by congested o L an occasional leol 3 or & mule, or cares to reRew cherds and berry | where one inay stop and abeorb the scene witheut having ssme, motorist in a hurry impatiently honking for the road; if one—but what's the use of rambling? All these things and more are available for New Britain moterists it them cate to leave the peved roads. If they aro not in & hurry but just wish to ramble threugh the woods they may ramble by meter as well as on feot. There are roads through Berlin and Kensington, roads in Southington, roads over the Shuttle Meadow mountain, even through that almost imj roadway by Sunset Reck, or if one wishes to go farther afield he may take back roads through Farmingten and Avon and on to Simsbury and Granby. One must learn to ramble, fo drive slowly, to take the bumps and the: dust philesophically; but if ene packs a lunch and takes the fam! on such a drive, the result might surprising. It is well worth a trial, Observations On The Weather Washington, May 18.—Forecast' tor Southern New England: creasing cloudiness and somewh&t warmer Saturday, followed by shaw- ers Saturday night - or Sunday; cooler by Sunday night. [ Forecast for Eastern New York: Increasing cloudiness and somewhiat warmer in south and probably shiér- ers in north portion Baturday; 8un. day shewers and cooler. Condition: The ' northeastern storm has advanced to the Labrador coast With a further increase in in- tensity. Pressurc still is high but falling slowly from the middle At. lantic states, eastward over the ocesn. The eastward advance of a west- ern disturbance will be attended by showers over nearly all secticng east of the Mississippi river within the next 2¢ to 36 hours. The weather will remain generally fair S8aturday, however, in Southern New England. The temperature will be somewhat higher S8aturday in New England, but cooler weather will again ove apread the north Atlantic states Sunday afternoon or night. CONFERENCE SOON has been a Ask Mr. Apparently there change in public taste. Herk, New Britaia Should Recognise Retirement of Marcus White Although Marcus White, retiring principal of the normal schoel, has been connected with the state system of education, he actually belongs to New Britain. Years of residence here have endeared him to those who have been associated with him in his many fields of activity. Mr. White has devoted his efforts to the guidance of the New Britain institute, his’ opinion being selicited on all major development projects under consideration of the board. The institute, no less than the nor- mal school, is & monument to his unflagging szeal in its progress. The Observer feels certain that other members of the board will attribute to him a large share in the upbuild. ing and broadening of this very es- sential facter in the life of the com- munity. In recent years Mr. White has withdrawn gradually from a role which he at one time filled grace- fully—that ef toastmaster or after dinner speaker. Timc was when no banquet of impertance was complete without his presence. His sparkli wit, his understanding of human nature and his command of English fortified him for that difficult task which mest men try to aveid—keep- ing a group in good humer after the tables have been cleared. Announce- ment that he was to be the speaker ‘was sufficient to guarantee a large attendance at any fuction. Despite his prominece and the place he occupled in the growth of New Britain, Mr. White has ever heen satisfied to keep outy of the limelight. Schelarly and retiring by nature, he never sought ecemiums, never claimed credit for his ac. complishments. He was' satistied to perform and get his reward frem legislature was in session, and the theory of Governor John H. Trum- bull, the originator of the appoint. ment, has been deubly strengthened. ‘When Senator Hall was appointed two years ago, it was explained on the floers of the senate and the house that the job would be & supervisor of expenditures of The state’s moneys. If the Commission- er saw a chance to econemize by us- ing the resources of the varfous state departments, he would ordér it so — tance. When a bey hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their tongue until they are spoken to. A boy thinks himeelf clever because he can wade where the water is deep. When the bey grows up he is called & husband and then he stops wading and stays out nights. But the grown-up girls isa widow and keeps house.” ~—United Press. Different Match! Stenog: “The boss’ wife wanted him te do some shopping for her.” Bookkeeper: “What did he say?” Stenog: “Said he ceuldn't take time off to match ribbons.” Bookkeeper: “No, but he can take time off to mateh nickels!” —Lawrence Vernon (Copyright. 1929. Reproduction Forbidden) the knowledge that his _endeavors were marked with success. The Observer would like to sug- gest that the city, through its eoffi- clals, nete the passing of Mr. White from his exaltdd pesition as princi- pal of the normal school. Indirectly Re has affected the mental lop- ment of every child that has attend- ed scheel in this community fer the past thirty-five years of his steward- achieved. If You Would Amble Along. Take to the Back Roads the Chamber 6f Commerce, day which had a suggestion wel werth considering. who go driving on holidays. net with some destination to reach in a Sundays det the great outdoers. ship. It would be unseemingly to al- low the occasien to pass without some official recognition of what his earnest devotion to education has In the cellection of city planning and city besstiful magasines of all sorts, shapes and descriptions which find their way inte the library ef there came one from down south the other The suggestion was to motorists nd limited time, but to these who wish to enjoy It 18 & simple one, but well worth considering. that is to leave the main arterles of travel dnd take te the bacrk reads. The article hastens to add hewever that this should net be ON TEACKERS' PAY School Committee Authorizes Hearing lor Instractors The salary committee of the scheot board has been autherized to hold & conference with representatives of the teachers’ council with a view.to obtaining information relative to the request for a change in the present sulary schedule. At the monthly meeting of the board yesterdey afternoon it was voted on motion of Secretary Henry ‘T, Burr to hold the conterence seen. Efforts will be made by the teachers to convince the salary committes that their requests are reasonable, The board’s salary committee con- sists of President P. F. King, Becre. tary Henry T. Burr, Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes, Louis W. Young, Joseph M. Halleran, and William H. D Following the usual custom the extra salary allewance of $76 was granted 27 teachers whe intend to fake a summer course of study this year. They arc Harold Nelson, Eim- ma Dawson, Helen Smith, Ruth Goedwin, Eloise Unkelbach, Jesse D. Sallee, Esther Fogelson, Deris Ride- out, Margarct Breen, Sylvia Clark, Rese Himberg, Mary Murphy, Abel Johnson, Regina Connor, Maud Pres- cott, Elizabeth Mackintosh, Jennie Olsson, Pear| Snow, James Ginns, Eileen Griffin, Marion Hoar, Ione Proctor, Katherine Griffin, Raymond Searle, Mary Curran, Vincent Sala, and George Chase. 25 Years fia Today The republican tewn committee held a meeting last evening but the members refused to say anything to. day about the business trinsacted. Jehn Curtin breke two records: in the high school field day held yes. terday. He set & mark of 111 feet in the hammer threw and hurled the discus 82 feet and feur inches. Mayor Samuel Bassett read his annual message to the cemmon council last evening. ‘The high school baseball team de- feated the Stearns school of Hart- ford by a scere of 7 to 3 at Rent. achler's park yesterday afternoen. A Pope-Hartford model B aute- mebile, belonging to the Pope Manu- facturing Co., was badly damaged by fire last evening. The machine 'was one of the latest types, painted bright red and fitted with a tom- reau. ‘The Polish church cerporation on Orange street is negetiating for the purchase of the late N. R. Hurl- Iiburt's property on Nerth Burritt street for use as a cemetery. It has been estimated that if the “ |tajl of Halley's comet was com- Pposed of fine dust particles, it would weigh 1.000,000 tens; if the particles were molecules of gas, however, the whele mass would net weight more than 100 tens. ¢ B READ NERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ¥ 4